Overshoe-retainer.



A. E. PETERSON.

OVERSEOE RETAINER.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1908,

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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AXEL EDWARD PETERSON,OF ADMIRE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWINLOCKE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

OVERSHOE-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed April 1, 1908. Serial No. 424,637. 2

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL EDWARD PETER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Admire. in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas,have invented new and useful linprovements in Overshoe-Retainers, ofwhich the followin is a specification.

This invention relates to devices or securing overshoes in place so thatthey cannot be accidentally pulled off by suction when one is walkingover muddy places, and it relates more particularly to a retainer in thenature of an attachment which can be readily applied to ordinaryovershoes or rubbers.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a retaining deviceof this character of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction,which is so designed as to e'ifectively hold the rubber or overshoe inplace without marring or destroying the boot and which is readilyapplied to the overshoe by a shoe mender or by a manufacturer in themaking of the overshoe.

A further object of the invention the provision of an overshoe retainingdevice which consists of a U-shaped strip of spring metal preferablyenameled, and applied to the outside of the overshoe at the heelthereof, and an inner gripping member of leather or the like disposedinside the overshoe and secured to the latter by rivets which also serveto secure the spring in place, the gripping member being so disposed asto engage the boot at the points where the latter covers the hollowportions of the foot above the heel and in advance of the heel tendon,whereby the said member will bear on the upper edge of the quarter ofthe boot and thus prevent the rubber frombeing pulled off.

With these objects in view and others, as 1 will appear as thedescription proceeds, the I invention comprises the various novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts which will be morefully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in theclaims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illus trates one of the embodimentsof the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe or bootshowing a rubber equipped with the retainer applied thereto. Eig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the heel portion of the rubber. Fig. 3 isa fragmentary plan view of the rear portion of the rubber showing theretainer thereon.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates an ordinary lace shoe, and B, arubber overshoe of usual construction, which has applied I thereto theattachment designated generally by C. This attachment comprises a strip1 of spring metal which is preferably enam eled so as to avoid rustingand is bent into such shape as to conform to the shape of the overshoeat the heel portion thereof. This spring is applied to the overshoe B atthe upper edge thereof and arranged with its ends projecting forwardly ashort distance in front of the heel tendon.

Disposed inside the overshoe is a strip 2 of leather or other suitablematerial which bears on the lining 3 of the overshoe and has its endsterminating opposite the ends of the outside spring 1. These two stripsare secured to the overshoe by rivets t which pass through the liningand rubber of the overshoe and through the apertures in the said strips,the heads inside and countersunk in the leather strip so as not to maror cut the upper of the boot or shoe A. ihe strip 2 stands out beyondthe lining of the overshoe so that the bottom edge of the stripconstitutes a shoulder or ledge that is adapted to engage over the topedge 5 of the quarter portion 6 of the shoe A and the spring 1, by theinward tension of its extremities, maintains the said strip 2 in lookingengagement with the edges of the quarter of the shoe.

In applying the overshoe, the s ring is spread open while passing thehee of the overshoe over the heel of the boot and when the overshoe isin final position the extremiof the rivets being arranged I ties of thespring will move toward each other and cause the inner strip 2 orgriIpping member tofirmly engage the boot. 1; will be noted that thegripping member has its ends so arranged as to engage points coveringthe hollow portions of the foot above the heel and in advance of thetendon of Achilles so that the overshoe could not be pulled off whenworn with the blucher style of shoe.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the the boot at the invention appertains, and while I havedescribed the principle of o eration of the in- I vention, together witht e device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, Idesire to have it understood that the device shown is merelyillustrative, and

that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope ofthe claims.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is 1. 'lhe combinationof an overshoe, with a retainer attachment therefor, said attachmentcomprising a U-shaped spring disposed around the outside of the overshoeat the upper edge of the heel portion thereof, a strip of flexiblematerial disposed at the inside of I the overshoe and in parallelrelation to the spring, and means for securing the spring and strip tothe overshoe.

2. 'ihe combination of an overshoe, with a retainer attachment therefor,said attachment comprising a strip of spring metal secured to the heelortion of the overshoe adjacent the top e ge thereof and disposedapproximately in a horizontal plane, and a grip ing member arrangedwithin the shoe at t 9 heel portion thereof and adjacent the top edge ofthe same, the said member having its bottom edge outstanding from theinner surface of the overshoe to engage the top edge of the quarter of ashoe.

3. 'lhe combination of an overshoe, a U- shaped strip of spring metalhaving apertures and fitted to the outside of the overshoe at the heelportion thereof, a strip arranged within the shoe and consisting offlexible material and provided With apertures registering with those ofthe spring, and fastenings extending through the apertures and throughthe overshoe for securing the strips to the latter, the inner ends ofthe fastenings being countersunk in the inner strip.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AXEL EDWARD PETERSON.

Witnesses:

P. J. SYMMoNDs, IRA CLAUSUNG.

